Recently, there were several earthquakes around the world, like the earthquakes that destroyed the whole of Haiti. So many people died and suffered. Natural disasters are more frequent nowadays.
It must be around the year 30 AD. Jesus was alive and teaching then. A Tower of Siloam crumpled and collapsed, killing 18 people. The people came to Jesus to ask for an explanation.
Jesus replied (Luke 13:1-5) :
At that time, some people told Jesus about the Galileans whom Pilate had killed while they were offering sacrifices to God. Jesus answered "Because those Galileans were killed in that way, do you think it proves that they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No indeed! ... What about those 18 people in Siloam who where killed when the Tower fell on them? Do you suppose this proves that they were worse than all the other people living in Jerusalem? No indeed! I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did."
So you see, all those people who died in natural disasters were not 'more bad' than others, and so deserved to die that way. We will all die physically, sooner or later.
And we will also die spiritually, unless we come to Christ. Christ said "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me." John 14:6.
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